A woman talks on the phone near the scene of an apparent murder-suicide in Marrero, La., in November. (INCLUDING GREATER BATON ROUGE BUSINESS REPORT, 225, 10/12, INREGISTER, LBI CUSTOM)

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Bad news, Louisiana. The state is the most violent in the country, according to a 24/7 Wall St. ranking, based on violent crimes, homicides, incarceration rates, the number of police officers per 100,000 residents, and estimated small-arms ownership. The top 10:

California, Illinois, and New York have some of the toughest gun control laws in the nation. Yet, those three state account for 23% of all gun related homicides in the nation. That is a per capita gun related homicide rate of 3.14, while the nation as a whole is at 2.6. If gun control worked shouldn’t it be less than the rest of the nation? Also, the over-all homicide rate for these three states is 23% of all homicides in the country, exactly the same as the gun-related homicide rate. If gun control worked shouldn’t that figure be down also?

snooop1e

Aug 4, 2016 3:26 PM CDT

The poll is biased/skewed to make it appear that the States with the strictest gun control laws are "safer". Chicago has very strict gun laws but already this month 5 homicides have occurred and the total number of homicides for 2016 is at 400. Now I'm no math wiz but I believe that 400 homicides divided by 8 months equals 50 murders per month since January. I would like to see a COMPARISON of homicides rates (regardless of the number of police per resident or the number of LEGAL gun owners). That will tell the true story.